Thu Apr 28, 2022 – 7:41 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The prestigious Wall Street Journal has chosen a side in the abortion wars. On April 26, WSJ published an editorial titled “Abortion and the Supreme Court: This is the moment for the Justices to turn the issue over to the voters.” The editors urged the Justices to use the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health to overturn Roe v. Wade, which (with the accompanying Doe v. Bolton ruling) legalized abortion in all 50 states up until fetal viability. In 1992, the Supreme Court passed up an opportunity to overturn Roe, instead upholding its primary holdings in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
The Court’s ruling is expected to come sometime in June, and many pro-life leaders are hopeful for the first time in decades. Dr. Robert P. George of Princeton University, for example, penned a column for First Things last October titled “Roe Will Go.” The questions posed by the justices to the lawyer for the abortion industry seemed to indicate that a majority are at least considering an overthrow of Roe rather than a limited pro-life victory simply permitting pro-life legislatures to ban abortion earlier in pregnancy
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